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A Dutch astronaut has revealed that he accidentally called the US emergency number while orbiting the Earth aboard the International Space Station.

Speaking on Dutch radio André Kuipers explained that you make a call from space just as if you’re at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston by dialling 9 for an outside line, and then 011 for an international call. But he said it’s naturally trickier while floating around in space and he must have dialled 911 by mistake.

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